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Title: A Five Minute Perspective on Ukraine
Identifier(s): video:1259
Description: After President Putin annexed parts of Crimea in March, Embassador Matlock gives a very quick talk about the increasing tensions in the region.
Subject: Diplomacy, United States; Diplomacy, Russia (Federation); APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2014-04-26

Title: United States. Congress to John Laurens, 1780 December 23; United States. Continental Congress. to John Laurens
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12352
Description: A letter from Congress to John Laurens informing him of his appointment as a Minister at the court of Versailles.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1780-12-23; 2022

Title: Packet Service Contract, 1777 April 01; Packet Service Contract
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9399
Description: Agreement between Ray de Chaumont, Benjamin Franklin, and Silas Deane on the movement of packets boats. Franklin and Deane, on behalf of the United States Congress, brokered an agreement that boats with packets and goods would not be impeded from port and that de Chaumont would be financially responsible for the boats. In return, de Chaumont would be paid a certain amount per boat. SIgned by all three. Notation in English at the end about de Chaumont being allowed to place goods on the boat, but not hinder their movement.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Economy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1777-04-01; 2022

Title: Franklin, Benjamin to Nathan Falconer, 1783 July 28; B Franklin to Nath. Falconer
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11809
Description: Benjamin Franklin writes to Nathan Falconer about his experience at the French court and his desire to return to Philadelphia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1783-07-28; 2022

Title: United States. Congress to Louis XVI, 1778 October 21; United States. Continental Congress. to Louis XVI, Franklin's letter of credence
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11814
Description: Congress writes to Louis XVI giving their support and affirming their nomination of Benjamin Franklin at Minister Plenipotentiary to the French court.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1778-10-21; 2022

Title: Adams, John to Abigail Adams, 1782 December 4; No. 4 John Adams to Abigail Adams
Identifier(s): text:346247
Description: Dissuades her from joining him in Europe and informs her that today he wrote his resignation to Congress and will return home as soon as he receives an acceptance, and also that their son [John Quincy Adams] is now traveling from St. Petersburg, [Russia] and will accompany him home.; "Fourth Copy"
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826et al
Subject: Diplomacy; Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Date: 1782-12-04; 2022

Title: Laurens, John to Benjamin Franklin, 1781 May 28; Laurens, John, 1754-1782. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10185
Description: John Laurens writes that he is about to set sail on the Resolve to Benjamin Franklin. Laurens writes about his sudden departure and some figures at the French court.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1781-05-28; 2022

Title: Sarsfield, Guy-Claude, Comte de to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 November 07; Sarsfield, Guy-Claude, Comte de, 1718-1789. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9448
Description: A note about Guy-Claude Sarsfield's attempt to find Benjamin Franklin lodgings in France.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1777-11-07; 2022

Title: Lee, Arthur to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 November 08; Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9585
Description: A note about diplomacy with France from Arthur Lee to Benjamin Franklin.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783
Date: 1777-11-08; 2022

Title: Beckhouse, Thomas to Benjamin Franklin, 1783 February 07; Beckhouse, T.. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11526
Description: Thomas Beckhouse requests a passport for a British ship so that it can safely approach the American coast. The ship he wants the passport for was named Active and is carrying salt and other merchandise for Philadelphia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794
Date: 1783-02-07; 2022

Title: Agreement on packets boats, [1777 March]; Agreement re packet boats
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9316
Description: Agreement between Ray de Chaumont, Benjamin Franklin, and Silas Deane on the movement of packets boats. Franklin and Deane, on behalf of the United States Congress, brokered an agreement that boats with packets and goods would not be impeded from port and that de Chaumont would be financially responsible for the boats. In return, de Chaumont would be paid a certain amount per boat.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Economy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794
Date: [1777-03]; 2022

Title: Resolution, United States. Congress, 1782 October 03; United States. Congress. Resolution
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11366
Description: Congress writes to Benjamin Franklin about the King of France as well as the peace negotiations.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace
Date: 1782-10-03; 2022

Title: Rocquette, J. to Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee, 1778 March 20; Rocquette, J. etc.. to Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane and Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9366
Description: A letter from J. Rocquette to the American Diplomats to France congratulating them on the King of France's recognition of the United States.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794
Date: 1778-03-20; 2022

Title: Washington, George to Benjamin Franklin, 1781 January 15; Washington, George (1732-1799). to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:10001
Description: George Washington recommends John Laurens to Benjamin Franklin upon his appointment to the Court of Versailles.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Laurens, John, 1754-1782
Date: 1781-01-15; 2022

Title: Lee, Arthur to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 March 13; Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9513
Description: Arthur Lee writing to Benjamin Franklin about Congress recalling him.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794
Date: 1778-03-13; 2022

Title: Adams, John to Edme Jacques Genet, 1778 July 12; No. 7 John Adams to Edme Jacques Genet
Identifier(s): text:346313
Description: Discusses false rumors that commissioners appointed by Congress will meet with the British peace commissioners [the Carlisle peace commission]; informs him that Adams and his colleagues agree that the treaty [of alliance with France] should be printed as soon as the King [Louis XVI] thinks proper, but not without the latter's knowledge; complains that the British "are doing all they can to confound the Distinctions between Truth and Falsehood, and to make a Lye to be respected as much as the Truth."; Partly illegible
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826et al
Subject: Treaties; Negotiation; Diplomacy; Genet, Edme Jacques, -1781; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Date: 1778-07-12; 2022

Title: Laurens, John to Benjamin Franklin, [1781]; Laurens, John, 1754-1782.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11056
Description: John Laurens asks Benjamin Franklin to send him the "intercepted letter[s]" so he can make "extracts" for George Washington.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Date: [1781]; 2022

Title: “A Net of Intrigue and Selfish Rivalry”: Woodrow Wilson and Power Politics During World War I
Identifier(s): video:1288
Description: How did Wilson's diplomacy during World War 1 effect the diplomacy of the early 1920s? Ross Kennedy discusses Woodrow Wilson's suspicion of "power politics" (i.e. mass globalism and arms races); Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 2 (June 2015), pp. 156-161
Subject: World War, 1914-1918, United States, Diplomacy; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2014-04-26

Title: Lee, Arthur to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 March 16; Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9503
Description: Arthur Lee writing to Benjamin Franklin about letters being sent on a vessel (presumably back to America).; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794
Date: 1778-03-16; 2022

Title: Paine, Thomas to Benjamin Franklin, 1778 October 24; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9495
Description: Thomas Paine congratulates Benjamin Franklin on his new position as Minister Plenipotentiary to the French court. Paine informs Franklin that he is recording a history of the American Revolution and relays some information about the war and his own personal experiences.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Politics and the Causes of Revolution; Political Philosophy; Diplomacy; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1794
Date: 1778-10-24; 2022